The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-27


that place Matched brood of infant
fowls out of consignment of eggs.
THE attempt to get up a Cleveland
soldiers organization in Iowa has
failed. The movers put so many forged
names upon their calls for meetings
that the fraud was suspected and ex-
posed.
THEY have the Colorado potato-bug
in Prussia and Buffalo William in En-
gland. America seems to be making
great concessions to the WORKOUT
monarchies of the Old World.-Ne,c
York Herald.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Free Press
wants candidates for president and vice.
president whose private and public rec
ords are without flaws. There is prob
ably no man living who can fully meet
this requirement.
ACCORDING to the department of
agriculture report, the prospect for the
apple crop is discouraging in almost
every section except in New England
and New York, where the condition is
fully equal to the average of bearing
years.
THE New York iSlm, with malice
aforethought, has compared the predic-
tons of the signal service bureau with
the actual weather facts during this
month and found that the forecasts
have been correct just five times out of
twenty.
AT last Buffalo Bill has got into
trouble in England. 1t has been dis
covered that he uses his knife in pref
erence to his fork in eating. However,
his table manners are probably up to
the average of those of many noble
Britons.
The New York Times Cincinnati
special says that the democrats do not
expect to be able to carry the state this
year, but will Get into shape for the
presidential election. Getting power
full thrashing to-day is not the best
possible preparation for winning to-
morrow's fight.-J0MndL
THE Ohio democratic convention last
week nominated Thomas Z. Powell for
governor He is the candidate of
John r.. Mclean, Senator Payne and
the anti-Thurman faction. The plat
form vaguely favors some sort of re-
duction of the tariff and the internal
revenue and briefly endorses the
President.
JUDGE LACoMBE, in the United
States circuit court at New York, de-
cided that when the commissioners of
emigration order that certain persons
who come to this country and are liable
to be charge on the country must
return whence they came the order is
absolute and the court has no iuris-
diction in the matter.
THE proposition from the New York
Times that the Grand Army of the Re-
public apologize to President Cleve-
land is about the coolest thing of the
season. 1t could emanate only from a
mugwump brain, which seems to be so
peculiarly constructed that its ideas-so-
called-always come out wrong end
first.-Rochester Herald.
AN item is going the rounds of the
democratic papers $50 we are Informed,
though we have not seen iD that the
New York Tribune is satisfied with the
fact that the Grand Army posts gen.
orally believe that President Cleveland
was justified in vetoing the dependent
pension bill. This statement may be
safely put down as false.
Mr.. CLEVELAND can no longer fool
with his party any more than it can
continue to fool with the country. The
last campaign was conducted by the
democrats on false pretenses that
cannot be repeated. Not only the
democratic party-which was itself
greatly deceived pefore-but the people
at large will know just what to expect
when Cleveland makes a second-term
race. philadelphia Press.
IT is worthy of notice that the New
York Euening Post did not join the
other mugwumpian papers in their
attack on Mr.. Blaine because of the
Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western rail
road. Therein it was not only wise,
but had reason for its wisdom. It's
! editor, Horace White, was concerned
in these Pacific road plans (of which
this was a parD and his name appears
for services to the extent of $50.
WE are convinced by what we see
and hear that good many people look
upon DR.. McGlynn of New York as a
martyr to his political principles; that
the authorities of the Catholic Church
l sought to in some way abridge his right
as an American citizen. Such is not
the case. The church held that his
land theories were erroneous, offensive
= and calculated to destroy society, and
: called halt. DR.. McGlynn refused to
obey and was communicated. -
Nashua Telegraph,
THE special committee for consider
ing the matter of an increase of admis-
sion to the Joint exhibition at Howard
: Park, Burlington, say, in their recent
report, that the increase was necessity
, When the grounds and buildings al